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Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen

Has anyone ever heard Bruce Springsteen mention Bill Chinook? Bill was a "founder" of early E Street Band w/ some members joining up w/ Bruce's band. He was making that Asbury sound before Bruce, but I have never heard "the Boss" mention him. I may be partial to him because he settled up here in Maine way back in the 1970's and played often in the bars and dance halls. And released a couple excellent albums, Dime Store Heroes is one of my favorites.
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I was hoping someone out there would be familiar with Bill Chinook. A lot of the responses make me think Bruce would not mention such a strong influence on his music. For what it's worth my favorite is "The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle", that is good stuff. 
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The remasters of wild and innocent sound fantastic with the plangent process .  

Wild Billy's circus story becomes audiophile quality 
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Well, Springsteen was a Republican during the 80's. As of 2000, he is on the dark side of democraps.  On the musical tip, the remasters featuring the Plangent Process are quite excellent.
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Jafant, I hadn't heard that about Bruce, but Neil Young being a Reagan Democrat is well known.
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